| Description | Swamp Oak (Quercus bicolor) is a medium size Oak found in moist sites. |
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| Pronunciation | (Kwer-kus) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average to moist |
| Soil & Site | As the name implies found on bottom lands and swamps. |
| Fruit | acorns, 1 inch long enclosed halfway with a warty cap |
| Leaves | simple, alternate, wider above the midpoint (elliptical), coarsely toothed with or shallow lobed, yellow brown, orange or red fall coloration |
| Dimensions | 50-60 by 50-60 feet (HS), rounded crown with short trunk |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson), #94-Trees of the Eastern and Central United States and Canada, #178-Morton Arboretum ( www.mortonarb.org) |
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